1. Is there a relationship between schooling and risky health behaviors in Colombia?
- Author
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Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra, María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo, and Ana María Iregui-Bohórquez
- Subjects
risky health behaviors ,Colombia ,Education ,lcsh:Economic history and conditions ,lcsh:Social Sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,logit ,0302 clinical medicine ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Environmental health ,0502 economics and business ,medicine ,Area of residence ,030212 general & internal medicine ,050207 economics ,National health ,Heavy drinking ,05 social sciences ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,lcsh:H ,Sexual behavior ,lcsh:HC10-1085 ,Psychology ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) - Abstract
This paper uses the National Health Survey to analyze the relationship between education and risky health behaviors, namely smoking, heavy drinking, obesity, and unsafe sexual behavior, by estimating the education gradient. We also provide evidence on the effect of education, socio-economic and knowledge variables on these health behaviors by gender and area of residence. The results indicate that there is a negative and significant effect of years of schooling on the probability of smoking, whereas the probability of heavy drinking and unsafe sexual behaviors increase with education, highlighting the importance of social and cultural factors.
- Published
- 2019